As explosives in Iraq get deadlier, makers of armored vehicles alter plans USATODAY.com http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2007-08-0... The Cougar leads a booming market for a new family of military trucks known as Mine Resistant, Ambush Protected vehicles, or MRAPs. Force Protections climb from struggling startup to bigtime defense contractor has shown how even the smallest of...
President Bush says decrease in U.S. troop level in Iraq possible http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.i... On a surprise visit to Iraq, President Bush says some U.S. troops can be sent home if security conditions across Iraq continue to improve as they have in Anbar province.
Panel Calls for U.S. Troops to Reduce 'Footprint' in Iraq http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar... An independent commission that studied the readiness of the Iraqi security forces called today for a "strategic shift" in Iraq, with U.S. forces reducing their massive "footprint" in the country and moving to what it called an "overwatch" posture focused on the borders with Iran and Syria.
No more Australian troops to Afghanistan unless NATO reforms http://www.aussieindolanka.com/news_main.asp?ne... Canberra, Australia Tuesday said it would not consider sending more troops to Afghanistan until NATO adopts a winning strategy. (contd...)
Troopergate Could Be One of Palin’s Skeletons http://www.thelangreport.com/keeping-them-hones... As if the question of who are the biological parents on the newly born Trig Paxson Van Palin are is not enough baggage for Governor Sarah Palin to bring to the Reublican ticket. We still have the lingering questions surrounding what being affectionately called Troopergate. It's a political he-said, she-said that has dogged Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for nearly two months and is likely to do so for the next two months leading to the Nov. 4 presidential election.
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